Telephone: | +61 8 6304 3171 |
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Email: | s.ellingsen@ecu.edu.au |
Campus: | Mount Lawley |
Room: | ML6.216 |
Steinar is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Arts and Humanities.
Dr Steinar Ellingsen is the major coordinator of Broadcast and Digital Journalism in the Bachelor of Media and Communication. He is a chief investigator on the ARC Linkage project, Valuing Web Series: Economic, Industrial, Cultural and Social Value (LP180100626).
Dr Ellingsen is an internationally recognised expert on web series whose practice-based PhD thesis included the creation of a multi-award-winning web series, The Inland Sea: an Australian Odyssey. He is a co-founder and former Director of Melbourne WebFest and has given keynotes and seminars on web series around the globe. Dr Ellingsen has previously held positions as senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong (2018-2023), and La Trobe University (2011-2018), where served as Head of Department of Communication and Media (2016-2018). Before relocating to Australia to pursue a career in academia, Dr Ellingsen worked as a journalist in Norway.